The Walking Dead Episode 2, “Guts” Voracious D’s Review: For the series premiere of The Walking Dead, I may have come off as a bit of a curmuddgeon. With the gloom and doom predictions and the likening of watching the premiere to a tilted game of Russian Roulette, it may have been lost that I actually liked the first episode. It strayed off the path, sure, but it was, at heart, the television translation of the comic. Except that giant…

The Walking Dead Episode: “Days Gone By” Channel: AMC Voracious D’s Review: It’s here. Finally. After months of casting speculation, teaser trailers, promo photos and even an AMC supported fan trailer, the day has finally come. Robert Kirkman’s ongoing series of horror and survival, The Walking Dead, makes its television debut. We haven’t made much to do about this day because we here at HZA are comic fans. Comic fans view days like today with equal parts trepidation and tremendous…

Well ladies and gents, the time has come. By the time most of you read this post, Dead Rising 2 will be out and available to the general public. I grabbed my own copy about two hours ago and I can already tell it’ll be hogging my 360 for quite some time. Given the short amount of time I’ve had with the game, this post is obviously not going to be a full review. For right now, I just wanted…

When the Imperial prison barge Purge — temporary home to five hundred of the galaxy’s  most ruthless killers, rebels, scoundrels and thieves — breaks down in a distant, uninhabited part of space, its only hope seems to lie with a Star Destroyer  found drifting, derelict and seemingly abandoned. But when a boarding party is sent to scavenge for parts, only half of them come back — bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours, nearly all aboard…

I know there’s been some radio silence here at HZA, but I’ve got something to start some static. In Larry Hryb’s weekly video post on the 360, the good Major finally did something useful by announcing the XLN release date of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero. On August 31, Xbox 360 users can get their hands on this prequel to Dead Rising 2, set two years after the original game and three before the sequel. The Xbox.com page lists the…

I like how clean and simple this zombie is.  I think most people over do it when drawing zombies, but sometimes keeping it simple really says it all.  This is one of my favorite illustrations. see Fresh Zombie by ~Rodendron on deviantART